Censemaking October 2019

Strangling Innovation

Not even the best innovation team can escape bad systems. Without looking at your systems, innovation might just get suffocated.

Innovation definitions can sometimes create more confusion than clarity. Looking at what it is and does can change that. Innovation

As long as there have been people, there’s been education. The goal of learning remains, while the methods are changing.

Failure deals in absolutes while learning is about discovering possibility. Focusing on the former often leads us to miss the

System maps pack a lot of information on a page. A simple, cost-effective approach can make this resource accessible. System

Our mental health and well-being affect our work above everything. Taking care of ourselves is not an option; it’s essential.

The opportunity to teach is a chance to influence others. Here’s some tips and tricks to make that moment better.

Innovation is often portrayed as dramatic, disruptive processes and outcomes. That perception might be keeping us from making real transformations.

Teams are complicated beasts and require special care and attention. New research shows how to care for teams and ourselves.

How do we design for attention in a distracted world? Nir Eyal has some answers to provide the focus we

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